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BAG PASTENER.

No. 375,976. Patented Jan. 3, 1888.

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OLIVER ANDERSON, OF FORT TOTTEN, DAKOTA TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRED. G. STANDISH, OF SAME PLACE.

BAG-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,976, dated January 3, 182 8.

Application filed October 26, 1887. Serial No. 253.457. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLIVER ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Totten, in the countyof Ramsey andTerritory of Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Bag-Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel bagfastener from-a single piece of 1 wire; and the invention consists in a bagfastener made from asingle piece of Wire bent into spring-coils, from which extend two spring-arms, one formed with an eye or loop through which the other arm extends to prevent its lateral or sidewise twisting, and one arm having at its extremity a hook to engage with the extremity of the other arm, as will more fully hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the fastener applied to a bag to clos the mouth thereof; and Fig. 2, a perspective View ofthe fastencr,showing the spring-arms disengaged and ready to be applied tea bag.

I In order to enable those skilled in the, art

to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same in detail, reference being made to the accompanying drawings.

I take a single piece of spring steel, copper, or other wire of suitable length for the conditions required, and between its ends bend it into a series of spring-coils, 1, and two springarms, 2 and 3, the arm 3 adjacent to the coils being bent into an obliquely=arranged loop or eye, 4, through which extends the other arm, 2. The loop or eye allows the arms to move to and from each other and prevents the arms from undue twisting movement laterally or sidewise. The spring-coils constitute a han- 0 dle for the device; but, in addition thereto, the

coils impart the desired resiliency to the arms that their tendency is to stand apart as in Fig.

2, so that they are constantly in proper position to be applied over the bag-mouth and pressed together and fastened, which latter is 5 accomplished by providing the extremity of the arm 2 with alateral bend, 4., formed into a hook, 5, which can be lifted over and engaged with the extremity of the other arm, 3. This afi'ords space between the arms for the 0 folds of the bag-mouth when drawn up to apply the fastener. The engagement of the arms with each other is such that the bag-mouth will be securely held and the arms cannot become accidentally disengaged by rough han- 5 5 dling of the bag.

By my invention I construct the fastener of one piece of wire, and thus avoid pivot-pins or hinges for connecting two arms of a bagfastener, as has heretofore been proposed, and, no further, the coiled connection of the arms is such that the latter immediately spring apart when disengaged, so that they are always in proper position to be applied to the bag.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A bag-fastener consisting of two arms connected by coils to spring the arms apart, one arm havinga loop or eye adjacent to the coils, through which the other arm passes, and one arm having a hooked extremity to pass over and engage the extremity of the other arm, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLIVER ANDERSON.

\Vi t n esses:

FRED. (J. STANDISH, D. G; CHEESMAN. 

